AUSTIN — The Texas secretary of state’s office announced Friday it would send local election officials a list of 95,000 registered voters whom the state says counties should consider checking to see whether they are U.S. citizens and, therefore, eligible to vote.
In an advisory released Friday afternoon, the office said it was flagging people who had provided the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) with some form of documentation — including work visas or green cards — that showed they were not citizens when they were obtaining driver’s licenses or ID cards. Among the people flagged, about 58,000 cast ballots in one or more elections from 1996 to 2018, the secretary of state’s office said.
It is unclear exactly how many might not be U.S. citizens and whether that number will be available in the future. In its notice to counties, the secretary of state’s office said the names should be considered “WEAK” matches, using all capital letters for emphasis.
